Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1905 — PLAYED CRAZY TOO WELL. [ARTICLE]

PLAYED CRAZY TOO WELL.

E. Grant Sutton, of Walker tp., a single man about 38 years of age, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on the affidavit of John W. Baker, a Walker tp., farmer, and lodged in jail on the charge of being insane. An inquest was held by Drs. Kresler, English and Miller before Squire Irwin Thursday afternoon and he was discharged as sane. Sutton and Baker are farming a half-section of land in Walker, in partnership, and things have not been congenial. Baker alleged that Sutton, who boarded with him, had spells of melancbolly, etc., and for a few months had declined to sleep in the bouse, but slept out in the grainary, but he made a satisfactory explanation of his declining to sleep in the house at the tripl. The principal “signs,” however were Saturday last when to scare out a Stowers boy from Fair Oaks, who came there to collect some money he claimed Sutton owed him, thelatter “played Indian” for awhile and not only scared the boy out but the whole family as well. He gave no evidence of insanity while here but seemed as rational as anyone.